Chapter 825: Honduras Honor
Chapter 825: Honduras Honor
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The State of Honduras was ruled by Carias Andino with an iron fist, after the first and second Honduran civil war. After handpicking the Constituent Assembly he ruled nearly unquestioned, denying citizenship and voting rights to women. Honduras itself remained mainly neutral until the Japanese attack on the Philippines and the United States declaration of War on the Empire Japan and the Co-Prosperity Sphere, as well as on the German Empire and the Axis Central Powers five days later. Honduras would supply food and raw materials to the Allied war effort and even even send forces of which 320 would die during the course of the Second Great War. The Navy of Honduras participated in the Caribbean Sea to protect Allied convoys against German submarines, loosing 8 Honduran transports and tree Honduran warships while doing so because of German Submarines. The Honduran air force guarded it's own coastal waters against the German submarines and accompanied the Honduran Navy in it's escort missions nearby the coast and into the Caribbean Ocean. At the same time there were local rebel remnants in the jungles and German tried to establish contacts with the authoritarian government, to get it to switch sides to the Axis Central Powers. Such attempts would ultimately fail and Honduras would join the United Nations as the Western Alliance in 1942, doing it's best against the Axis Central Powers for the duration of the Second Great War. In the End a whole Honduran Division would fight in Africa and later parts of Europe, while the majority of Honduran forces remained in Honduras itself were they would operate against local rebels that opposed the in their eyes illegitimate government of Honduras. For quit some time German traders and spies tried to contact and supply this rebels in hopes of distracting Honduran forces and overall Allied forces in the Caribbean Sea, but their attempt failed as they weren't fully trusted by the middlemen of the rebels themselves and suspected to be government spies.
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This overall situation would only change after the Second Great War when the State o Honduras peace with the Axis Central Powers and the Co-Prosperity Sphere again. With America in economic decline, the German growing economic power gained influence over Central America, while also officially allying with the Government of Andino and joining it against the rebels and it's own population in exchange for growing German economic trade. To better fight the rebels and build up the Hondurian economy, the Germans aided them in building railroads, railways and airports all over Honduras that they used economically, but the Honduran government also used militarily against the own populations and local rebels. The rise of fascism and nationalism in Central America however did also lead to more competing nation states, as quit a few of the new regimes would claim the succession of the United States of Central America, while the Catholic, Nationalist and Synarchist Third Mexican Empire claimed these territories up to the Panama Canal as well, just as it did claim North American lands once belonging to the First Mexican Empire as well. This meant that various fascist, national and monarchist groups were supported by the German Empire or other Axis Central Powers like France, Spain and Austria-Hungary in Central America, while the Japanese Empire supported Corpospist groups, turning places like Honduras into proxy-war regions between them and destabilizing the already confusing situation of various rebel and guerrilla forces fighting the local governments and one another in this regions. The situation was made further when the Democratic American Confederate States (ACS), also known as the Second Confederate States or the Gulf States of America supported their own factions to increase their own influence or direct takeover of Central American and Caribbean States in the region.
 
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Chapter 826: East Asian Sects and Philosophies
Chapter 826: East Asian Sects and Philosophies
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The Chinese Civil War had brought new escalations int the warring Warlord Area of China, lead to the rise of various religious end-times groups and sects that rivaled the old religious or mixed ideas and ideologies of them, including those that were supported by the Coprospist governments for supporting them and actively promoted by them. Sometimes this happened because they were oppressed and outlawed by the Chinese Communist Party, or the Kuomintang under Chiang, siding with their enemies, sometimes this happened because their leaders hoped for power and sometimes because doing so made things easier for the local governments of the Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Japanese Empire. This included the Nidao, or Yadao, a national religious sect of Buddhist and Shintoist elements that believed that the Japanese were god's truly chosen people, much like Judaism and that Japanese should lead and rule all other Asians and the world because of that as it was their destiny. A radical, small sect spreading in parts of the Japanese High Command and among it's Admirals and Generals, but never gained widespread following, not even among Japanese forces. More Buddhist influenced groups included the so called Akaiana, Rōtasu, Sakurana and Horimonku who mixed Buddhist ideas with some local shamanism and religions, nationalism and coprospism. In Manchruia, Yankoku, Han China, Taikoku and Yikoku; the Jiàndao, Rìchūdao, Qízhìdao, Xīnzhìdao, Báitàiyángdao, Tàiyángdao and Qīngtīan dao. These groups mainly mixed Chinese shamanism, naturalism and traditional religions with Buddhism and Coprospism to support the new political and religious ideology. There were even some Taoist groups, especially in Nationalist Han China, like the Taodao that gained a growing following. Other groups included Mặttrời a Vietnamese influenced sect, the Siamese Dwngxāthity̒k̄hụ̂n, the Buddhist Nayhtwatlar, or the Indian Buddhist and Hindi influenced Ugatahuasooraj. More completely Hindu/ Hindi influenced national coprospist sects were Vaiśravaṇaji while the Mengjiang and Tibetan Jambhalana were Buddhist-Shinto influenced.
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The Zandakashikata in Japan, the Pínghéngmaarg or Jūnhéngdao in Chinese Coprospist States, the Cânbằngđường in Vietnam, the S̄mdulthāng in Siam, the Myahatasawlam in Burma and the Tentsvertei Argazam in Mengjiang were all local groups of the so called Balanced Way, or Balanced Path, aslo knwon as the Cult of Ying and Yang that took parts of the Coprospist Ideology and Religious aspects, beliving in a balanced approach to life and the universe. According to them the time of American-European Dominance in the world was ending and the Asian Century of Millenia beginnang as the pendle had retruend to Asia with the industrialisation of Japan and then the rest of East Asia in the Co-Prosperity Sphere. It's Philippine braunch, the Balanseng Paraan would remain less influential untill the 1980ies, because the Coprospist Independent Church (officially Spanish: Iglesia Filipina Independiente, IFI; colloquially known as the Aglipayan Church of Gregorio Aglipay) and the Anito/ Anitu (also known as Philipine Shamanism, or Philippine Shinto) dominate the Philippines. The Tumataas Araw, it's Philippino braunch, promoted the spread of Shintoism and Buddhims in the Philippines in it's own sect mix, but also supported other Shinto and Buddhist groups, as did the Matahari Terbit, the Sumatran, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccan, Timorese, Javan and Papuan braunch meanwhile encouraged the spread of Shintoism and Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Some minor Christian Sects included the the Hongxiuquandao, Yēsūdao, Tiānguódao as well as Jīdūdao, who promoted christian influenced politics, ideals and coprospism mainly in the Chinese Mainland and member states, but partly also in Southeast Asia. A few local branches of Mohamemdanism, like in Benghal, Borneo, Sumatra and Java, tried to incorporate the Mohammedan religion with Buddhist or Shinto elements, or even just use a Mohammedan form of Corpospism, as promoted by the Airtifae Shams, who claimed Japan would liberate all Mohammedan Nationalities in independent states, just like it had done with a few in Asia already. Later some of this sects and cults would spread to Europe, Africa and even the Americas.
 
Reading this TL again after a long time but can't help think that what if Calcutta was an Asian Stalingrad?

As the history is so vivid with the war still ongoing maybe the fans of this TL should create threads of alternate history based on this thread upto the point of time in this thread.

A second order alternate history perhaps.

A question-- would what's left of India be the behemoth that finally checks Japan from the west and USA from the east.
 
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Reading this TL again after a long time but can't help think that what if Calcutta was an Asian Stalingrad?

As the history is so vivid with the war still ongoing maybe the fans of this TL should create threads of alternate history based on this thread upto the point of time in this thread.

A second order alternate history perhaps.

A question-- would what's left of India be the behemoth that finally checks Japan for the East and USA from the West.
Calcutta will be in a way and the furthest extent iof Japan in India during the war, also Japanese India (Azad Hind) will be one of the mroe independent regions of the SPhere for sure ;D
 
India can be broken up but using princely states is not easy. The prince's were detested and even a broken India would be a republic/republics. Republicanism was too well entrenched by this point. By removing Bengal you have strengthened India as now the war will be perceived by Indians as our war now and Subhash Chandra Bose's main support base has been removed. Bengal in its current form would suffer Burma's fate with Assam and the rest of the Indian north east(Azad Hind north) becoming insurgency hotbeds. India now surrounded by Axis would probably go into bunker mentality.
 
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India can be broken up but using princely states is not easy. The prince's were detested and even a broken India would be a republic/republics. Republicanism was too well entrenched by this point. By removing Bengal you have strengthened India as now the war will be perceived by Indians as our war now and Subhash Chandra Bose's main support base. Bengal in its current form would suffer Burma's fate with Assam and the rest of the Indian north east(Azad Hind north) becoming insurgency hotbeds. India now surrounded by Axis would probably go into bunker mentality.
Very true there!
 
India can be broken up but using princely states is not easy. The prince's were detested and even a broken India would be a republic/republics. Republicanism was too well entrenched by this point. By removing Bengal you have strengthened India as now the war will be perceived by Indians as our war now and Subhash Chandra Bose's main support base. Bengal in its current form would suffer Burma's fate with Assam and the rest of the Indian north east(Azad Hind north) becoming insurgency hotbeds. India now surrounded by Axis would probably go into bunker mentality.

I don't understand how the Princely states OTL vanished so quickly, to be replaced by Nehru's....socialism or whatever he did.
 
I don't understand how the Princely states OTL vanished so quickly, to be replaced by Nehru's....socialism or whatever he did.
Most of the princely states were too little to be viable. You can compare them to an American county with more people ofcourse. They were for all intents and purposes ruled by the neighbouring provinces of the British India. The ruler only made some changes here and there. Many rulers of such states were popular with the people but no one loved them enough to fight them.

The personality of most such rulers were like European educated rich brats. This further created a divide between them and the people.

The medium sized states like Bhopal, Travancore, Baroda, Mewar were little more independent but their administrative and social structures were between modern and feudal periods. The rulers were less detested on average but still they didn't have enough support. The Brits during the times of East India Company had drawn them into so many shapes and sizes that it was impossible for them to be a properly viable kingdom. On the other hand they were more affected by republicanism.

Finally the large states like Mysore, Hyderabad and Kashmir had some potential to be independent but Kashmir was five different regions(Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh,Gilgit, Baltistan ) and only Jammu liked their king and every other region hated him. The Mysorean dynasty was liked but majority Kannada speaking people lived outside of it and we're firm republicans and Kannada unity tore Mysore. Jumping into India early allowed their dynasty to remain a rich family to this day unlike many other dynasties. Hyderabad was a completely feudal society with some attempts at modernization. They had multiple parallel bureaucracies which created many inefficiencies. Only half of the Muslim population in Hyderabad liked their ruler the Nizam. It was hated by 95% of the population. It was the most unstable of all the princely states although in Hyderabad you would feel like being in a modern city but 30 kms outside of it you would get the feel of the mediaeval period. It only survived as the British were committed to keeping all the princely states alive after 1857.
 
Most of the princely states were too little to be viable. You can compare them to an American county with more people ofcourse. They were for all intents and purposes ruled by the neighbouring provinces of the British India. The ruler only made some changes here and there. Many rulers of such states were popular with the people but no one loved them enough to fight them.

The personality of most such rulers were like European educated rich brats. This further created a divide between them and the people.

The medium sized states like Bhopal, Travancore, Baroda, Mewar were little more independent but their administrative and social structures were between modern and feudal periods. The rulers were less detested on average but still they didn't have enough support. The Brits during the times of East India Company had drawn them into so many shapes and sizes that it was impossible for them to be a properly viable kingdom. On the other hand they were more affected by republicanism.

Finally the large states like Mysore, Hyderabad and Kashmir had some potential to be independent but Kashmir was five different regions(Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh,Gilgit, Baltistan ) and only Jammu liked their king and every other region hated him. The Mysorean dynasty was liked but majority Kannada speaking people lived outside of it and we're firm republicans and Kannada unity tore Mysore. Jumping into India early allowed their dynasty to remain a rich family to this day unlike many other dynasties. Hyderabad was a completely feudal society with some attempts at modernization. They had multiple parallel bureaucracies which created many inefficiencies. Only half of the Muslim population in Hyderabad liked their ruler the Nizam. It was hated by 95% of the population. It was the most unstable of all the princely states although in Hyderabad you would feel like being in a modern city but 30 kms outside of it you would get the feel of the mediaeval period. It only survived as the British were committed to keeping all the princely states alive after 1857.
Certainly the Japanese will try to aid some of the larger princely states, even if just to keep them out of a British Dominion of India and not to directly bring them into the C-PS (yet).
 
Certainly the Japanese will try to aid some of the larger princely states, even if just to keep them out of a British Dominion of India and not to directly bring them into the C-PS (yet).
If they don't try it will become boring on the subcontinent it will surely be quite interesting due the presence of republicanism, British pride in uniting India,etc . SCB from Azad Hind will oppose it for sure and may cause friction enough for an Indexit from C-PS which is upto you to decide.
As the war is slowly winding down (it seems) new players in the new cold war will require lots of popcorn to read for sure.
 
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